Chapter I: Front Matter

Records of Civilization

SOURCES AND STUDIES

EDITED BY

JAMES T. SHOTWELL, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

IN COLLABORATION WITH

FRANKLIN H. GIDDINGS, PH.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF
CIVILIZATION IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

MUNROE SMITH, J.U.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF ROMAN LAW AND COMPARATIVE
JURISPRUDENCE IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

WILLIAM R. SHEPHERD, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY

GEORGE W. BOTSFORD, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY

JULIUS A. BEWER, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS IN
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

CARLTON H. HAYES, PH.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

ELLERY C. STOWELL, PH.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL
LAW IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

HAROLD H. TRYON, M.A., B.D.
INSTRUCTOR IN NEW TESTAMENT AND CHURCH
HISTORY IN UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

New York

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

1916

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| RECORDS OF CIVILIZATION |
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| A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES CONSISTING OF |
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| COMMENTARIES AND INTERPRETATIONS |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDES |
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Records of Civilisation: Sources and Studies

HISTORY OF THE FRANKS

BY

GREGORY BISHOP OF TOURS

SELECTIONS, TRANSLATED WITH NOTES

ERNEST BREHAUT, PH.D.

New York

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

1916

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COPYRIGHT, 1916,
BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1916.

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